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  2. Kosher animals - Wikipedia

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    Nachmanides believed that the restrictions against certain fish also addressed health concerns, arguing that fish with fins and scales (and hence ritually clean) typically live in shallower waters than those without fins or scales (i.e., those that were ritually impure), and consequently the latter were much colder and more humid, qualities he ...

  3. List of halal and kosher fish - Wikipedia

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    According to the chok or divine decrees of the Torah and the Talmud, for a fish to be declared kosher, it must have scales and fins. [8] The definition of "scale" differs from the definitions presented in biology, in that the scales of a kosher fish must be visible to the eye, present in the adult form, and can be easily removed from the skin ...

  4. Unclean animal - Wikipedia

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    Because all creatures possessing both fins and scales also possess an endoskeleton and gills, any creature possessing lung or an exoskeleton is not kosher. As every fish possessing scales also possesses fins, any water-dwelling creature possessing scales is kosher.

  5. Food and drink prohibitions - Wikipedia

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    Almost all types of non-piscine seafood, such as shellfish, lobster, shrimp or crayfish, are forbidden by Judaism because such animals live in water but do not have both fins and scales. [ 25 ] As a general rule, all seafood is permissible in the 3 madh'hab of Sunni Islam except Hanafi school of thought.

  6. Sturgeon - Wikipedia

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    The Jewish laws of kashrut, which only permit the consumption of fish with both scales and fins, forbids sturgeon, as they have ganoid scales instead of the permitted ctenoid and cycloid scales. While all Orthodox groups forbid the consumption of sturgeon, some Conservative groups do allow it. [ 68 ]

  7. Comparison of Islamic and Jewish dietary laws - Wikipedia

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    The Islamic dietary laws and the Jewish dietary laws (kashrut; in English, kosher) are both quite detailed, and contain both points of similarity and discord.Both are the dietary laws and described in distinct religious texts: an explanation of the Islamic code of law found in the Quran and Sunnah and the Jewish code of laws found in the Torah, Talmud and Shulchan Aruch.

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  9. Gefilte fish - Wikipedia

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    However, since Jewish law forbids the separating of the flesh of fish from its bones, [15] pre-made fish cakes such as gefilte fish obviate the need to perform such separation, thus making a preparation such as gefilte fish a regular Sabbath staple, and the perfect vehicle for the requisite fish aphrodisiac. [16] [17]